"newer packages"

[BJ Dierkes]

On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:04 AM, Karsten Wade wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:16:58PM -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
>
>> This would be a totally seperate 'epel-bleeding' or
>> 'epel-newer-versions' repo?
>
> If we did this, we would be best served with an entirely new
> brand/name.
>

Hello all,

I find it interesting that this thread come up like this, as I have  
just launched a project that fits this requirement exactly (or almost  
exactly).  Please check out the IUS Community Project:

	http://iuscommunity.org


This is a project I started due to the need for newer packages of PHP/ 
MySQL/Python/Etc on RHEL.  The project is sponsored by Rackspace  
Hosting (my employer http://www.rackspace.com) and is in fact what we  
have been doing internally for the last 3 years to meet certain  
customers needs.

Different from EPEL and RPM Fusion, packages from IUS _explicitly_ do  
replace existing packages in RHEL.  There is an inherent risk in doing  
so, as well as following the upstream stable sources rather than back  
porting... however it serves a very specific audience... people that  
absolutely need the latest versions of software to run their  
application.

I haven't added PostGreSQL yet but it is on the list.  Maybe I'll get  
to that today.  Regardless, please check out the project and see what  
the existing package list is here:

	http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/


Looking for any feedback you might have.

---
derks




> Aside from the challenges of Eh-pull/Ee-pull and acronyms in general,
> there is also a brand expectation around EPEL.
>
> EPEL is the stable, stolid, same-old-you-can-rely-upon moving at the
> pace of RHEL itself.
>
> An exciting, new, updated parallel/conflicting package set should have
> a new name and identity.
>
> - Karsten
> -- 
> Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Community Gardener
> http://quaid.fedorapeople.org
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